Apple Final Cut Pro X (10.0.9) - Manual (Page 98)

Chapter 8 Edit your project 98
Select and deselect ranges and clips in an event
You can set, select, or deselect multiple ranges within event clips or within events.
Important: Editing commands operate on yellow selections only. Editing commands ignore
orange (unselected) ranges.
Selected ranges Unselected ranges
m To select an individual range: Click the range.
m To select or deselect a range: Command-click the range.
m To select all ranges in a clip: Click an area of the clip that has no range.
m To select all ranges and clips in the current event: Choose Edit > Select All (or press Command-A).
The ranges (and all clips with no ranges) are selected with a yellow border.
m To deselect all ranges and clips in the current event: Choose Edit > Deselect All (or press
Command-Shift-A).
The ranges turn orange.
Remove ranges from clips in an event
You can remove individual ranges, multiple ranges, or all ranges from the current event.
m To remove an individual range in an event: Option-click the range.
m To remove selected ranges in an event: Select the ranges you want to remove, and choose Mark >
Clear Selected Ranges (or press Option-X).
m To remove all ranges in an event: Choose Edit > Select All (or press Command-A) to select all
ranges in the current event, and choose Mark > Clear Selected Ranges (or press Option-X).
Navigate between selections in an event
m To go to the start of the range selection: Choose Mark > Go to > Range Start (or press Shift-I).
Repeat this command to go to the start of the previous range selection, or to the start of the clip.
m To go to the end of the range selection: Choose Mark > Go to > Range End (or press Shift-O).
Repeat this command to go to the end of the next range selection, or to the end of the clip.
m To select the previous clip (or its ranges): Press Up Arrow.
To add to the selection, press Shift–Up Arrow.
m To select the next clip (or its ranges): Press Down Arrow.
To add to the selection, press Shift–Down Arrow.